parameter a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves
unknown quantity a factor in a given situation whose bearing and importance is not apparent; "I don't know what the new man will do; he's still an unknown quantity"
wild card a playing card whose value can be determined by the person who holds it
releasing factor,
releasing hormone,
rf a substance produced by the hypothalamus that is capable of accelerating the secretion of a given hormone by the anterior pituitary gland
factor -
any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together
number an item of merchandise offered for sale; "she preferred the black nylon number"; "this sweater is an all-wool number"
deflator a statistical factor designed to remove the effect of inflation; inflation adjusted variables are in constant dollars
conversion factor factor by which a quantity that is expressed in one set of units must be multiplied in order to convert it into another set of units
factor -
an independent variable in statistics
factor -
(genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"
sequence film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
deoxyribonucleic acid,
desoxyribonucleic acid,
dna (biochemistry) a long linear polymer found in the nucleus of a cell and formed from nucleotides and shaped like a double helix; associated with the transmission of genetic information; "DNA is the king of molecules"
chromosome a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex chromosomes"
molecular biology the branch of biology that studies the structure and activity of macromolecules essential to life (and especially with their genetic role)
dominant gene gene that produces the same phenotype in the organism whether or not its allele identical; "the dominant gene for brown eyes"
allele,
allelomorph (genetics) either of a pair (or series) of alternative forms of a gene that can occupy the same locus on a particular chromosome and that control the same character; "some alleles are dominant over others"
genetic marker a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies
homeotic gene one the genes that are involved in embryologic development
lethal gene any gene that has an effect that causes the death of the organism at any stage of life
linkage group,
linked genes any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"
integer,
whole number any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"
prime factor the prime factors of a quantity are all of the prime quantities that will exactly divide the given quantity
equivalent-binary-digit factor the average number of binary digits needed to express one radix digit in a numeration system that is not binary; on the average a number that can be expressed in N decimal digits takes 3.3N binary digits
factor -
an abstract part of something; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech"
